The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-17
A GROWING FLORIDA TOWN.
Some Peculiarities of Climate That
Are Attracting Attention.

Are Attracting Attention.
BELLEvIEw, FLA, Aug. 14.-What an
advantage it will be for newcomers in this
State if there are ever any condensed and
simphfied tables of climatic changes, cover
ing period of several years, given to the
public On our first arrival we were first
astonished and then amused to find that
everything was exceptional The natural
inference was that people were very forget
full, and not accurate Observers, to begin
with. A little experience has, however
given us more charity for said observers
This is the third summer we have spent in
the State, and no two have. been
alike, scarcely similar. The first
season we had rain invariably coming
in short showers almost every day
for nearly four months. Last year there
We're nearly as many days when we had
rain, but the showers were much less severe
and more protracted, and it frequently
rained the whole day through. This year
the rain is coming again mostly in showers,
but after having showers every day for
week or fortnight there is about the same
length of time with almost no rain at all
We have recently seen the statement that
Florida has climatic cycle of about eight
years. Ii this is correct, as we suspect il
is, az least in part, if we could only deter
mine the general laws OF this cycle many
difficulties would be removed, one of the
greatest advantages being that we would
know just what year to set orange trees so
that they would be sure to gain sufficient
vigor to resist any cold that might strike
them, and would know approximately what
could be planted each year with fair pros
pect of success. As yet, if there is any reg
ularity in the recurrence of these changes,
the public have not solved the problem.
We have recently had our attention called
again to the fact that Northern merchants
and manufacturers are very much inclined
TO send their inferior goods 70 the South
An enterprsing young man from Connect
cut tho State OF ingenuity and wooden nut
lnegs, visiting Bellview, last winter, was
struck with the great amount of fine lum-
Der being wasted in the hummocks in this
vicinity, and determined 20 utilize some of
II by starting "A mandatory of AK helves,
and similar articles. On exhibiting sam
Piles of his goods 10 the dealers, the superior
ity was so manifest that some of them said
at once, we cannot afford to pay for that
grade Of goods. IL is TO be hop
ed, however, that his enterprise will
be rewarded by educating the people to the
belief that 1t always pays 10 get good arti-
Gle If the price is "A little more to begin with.
Most of the orange groves in this vicinity
have been putting ON good growth this
season. There is but very light crop of
fruit, bat IL is expected that the trees will
make 1t up next season, and that the crop
for lSSS-S9 will be immense. Several sales
Of Belleview property are already reported
from agents in the North, and there is fine
prospect for growth in all this part of the
South the coming season.
The Commissioners of this county have
granted petition for the holdingof an cleo.
tion under the recent nineteenth amendment
TO the constitution. to determine whether or